With polls only 30 minutes away from closing Tuesday night, campaign supporters are starting to filter into the Joe Sestak’s election night headquarters in Wayne.

Three college sophomores in collared shirts and Sestak buttons relaxed after a last-minute push for votes.

Brian Shaud, a student at Georgetown University, Scott Thomson, a student at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Boston, and Christian Hartranft, a student at Franklin and Marshall – 20-year-olds who laughingly call themselves “hardened political veterans” – manned the campaign’s phone bank Monday, reminding democrats to get to the polls.

“We found a lot of support for Sestak,” Shaud said. “but we’ll see who turns out.”

The rain didn’t help what was probably going to a low turnout anyway, Thomson added.

Why did the trio, who attended high school together at Joe Biden’s alma mater in Delaware, support the candidate bucking the party mandate?

“When you look at their positions on the issues, only one candidate stood out,” Shaud said. “And really, there’s only one true Democrat in this race.”

The group started in politics by working on Joe Biden’s 2007 presidential bid and moved on to President Obama’s campaign in 2008.

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I hear the Specter campaign victory party looks more like a wake. Whereas, Sestak party looks a little more jubilent. I've come to learn over the years the "mood" is ALWAYS indicative of the outcome. Congradulations to Congressman Sestak, for doing what they said he could not do. . .beat Obama's chosen one.